Monday, March 22, 2010

Onion Buns

I love onion buns and have, in the past, taken sandwiches on them for lunch for weeks at a time.

The other day I was browsing a bread making site I found called The Fresh Loaf and found a recipe for Norm's Onion Rolls and decided I must make them.

I followed the recipe pretty much as directed (I did rehydrate 1/2 cup of onions instead of 1/4 cup because I'm an onion lover). I didn't have bread flour so I used all-purpose, and I used all sugar because I didn't have malt syrup.

They turned out beautifully, but after they cooled they turned into little rocks..... I am not a pastry chef so I'm not sure what I did wrong, I'm assuming it was cheap, all-purpose flour. The same thing has happened to my pepperoni rolls using this flour. In the end I threw them away; such a waste of time...

Next time I will use bread flour and make sure I follow the directions to a T.

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A Little About Me

My name is Chris. I love food, I love to cook and I love to eat, plain and simple.

I'm always on the lookout for new things to try. Occasionally, I enjoy grabbing a bite on the run and look to support places who have owners who are passionate about their end product. I tend to stick to local, single outlet establishments and try to avoid chains if possible. I'm not into 'fine dining' because I don't believe in paying hundreds of dollars for a meal.

This blog is set up to share the places I visit in my travels and my experiments in the kitchen at home. Most places I visit will be hole-in-the-wall, plastic tableclothed, napkin dispenser oriented joints. My taste buds wouldn't have it any other way.